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An 80-year-old man told police Wednesday that he was...

January 24, 1997

Lockport — An 80-year-old man told police Wednesday that he was scammed out of $20 by a man who claimed to need the money for towing his car. Police said the man, whom the victim thought to be in his 20s, went to the victim's home in the 300 block of Parkview Street and told him he had just been in a car accident with his mother. He allegedly told the victim he needed to borrow $20 to have the car towed. The victim gave the man $20 and later called a phone number given to him by the man. The person who answered the phone said she had no knowledge of the man and that he did not live there, police said.